April 2016

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) cost programs have evolved beyond traditional TCOR analyses and ongoing management. Do you employ the most modern methods and techniques to keep the management team and board of directors apprised of the cost of risks matching individual profiles that are self-insured, insured and uninsured? Read more >>

Claim Settlement, Medicare, and Medicare Set Asides

On March 31, 2016, CMS announced they will begin using the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 2011 Life Tables. In 2011, the overall expectation of life at birth was 78.7 years—unchanged from 2010. Read more >>

Healthcare

Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offered draft guidelines for improving the way opioids are prescribed. The objective is to ensure patients have access to safer, more effective chronic pain treatment while reducing the number of people who misuse, abuse, or overdose from these powerful drugs. Read more >>